Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-26
News Notes.

Real estate transfers yesterday
amounted to $525, ,l65.
The ground has been broken for
the new Cahuenga hotel, west of the
city.
The Gof tract of thirty acres, at
Alhambra, was sold yesterday for
$4,000.
About $500 900 OF stock of the Ma
deau Vineyard Company was sub
scribed yesterday.
The ladies of the Christian church
ON Temple street will hold a social in
the church this evening.
Miss Martha J. Gilman, formerly of
Pasadena, Cal, died in Meredith, N.
H., yesterday. She had many friends
in this city.
The track of the Ballona railroad is
already laid about eight miles from
the California Central depot of this
city, and will be completed to Ballona
next week.
The team of Mr.. H. Burlingame of
Compton ran off yesterday on Los
Angeles street. Mr.. Burlingame was
somewhat injured and the wagon was
completely wrecked.
The Kuhrts street bridge is nearly
completed and the assessment for
opening North Main street to the
bridge is being collected. The street
cannot be opened too soon.
A jolly party consisting of DIR. VIII
Lindley, r. Bronson, Dick Zellner, B.
+. Coulter, III. A. Childs and G. F.
Hunter start for Catalina Island this
morning to be gone two weeks.
Splendid music for the M ikado
dance at Armory Hall tonight after
"High Tea will he furnished by
Professor Winn G. Stone. Members
of the committee will appear in Mi
kado costumes.
Surveyors were yesterday at work
running lines for the Anaheim branch
of the California Central railway from
Los Angeles. Col F. r. Perris is ex-
pected here to-day to locate the line
through the Nadeau vineyard proper
ty.
Many people complain that the ap-
proaches to the Buena Vista street
bridge are not sprinkled. The bridge
is very popular and well patronized
by the people, but the dust is most
undesirable and should be abated as
soon as possible.
1t is reported that syndicate is
being formed to purchase the magni-
ficent Banning homestead at Whining
ton. If this effort is successful a grand
hotel will be built on the site of the
present residence. This seems to be
a very good proposition.
Riverside has at last walked up and
is building hotel to cost $3.50 900. tits
TO be done in January. A syndicate
of wealthy people of Los Angeles will
erect hotel in this city at some fu-
ture day to cost in the neighborhood
of 81 900, 900. This last statement is
not verified.
The great steam dredger at Port
Baliona has commenced operations
and is doing a most valuable work.
From the manner in which this ma
chine works there will soon be room
for a large number of vessels within
this land locked basin. The dredger
appears to be success.
The ladies of the Second Presbyte-
rian church will give a sociable at the
residence of Capt. Thomas Meredith,
corner of Downey avenue and He'll
man street, East Los Angeles, Tues.
day evening, July 26th. Cake and
ice cream will be served. Old and
young are cordially invited to be pres
ent.
The fine Barton raisin vineyard a
Fresno has been purchased by al
English company on private terms
but the price is. evidently high. There
were about $40 acres in this vineyard
but the company will increase tn,
acreage to 1000. This purchase vii
pay the buyers four times Londol
rates for the use OF their money, ant
they know IL.
The graders on the dummy roa'
from East Los Angeles to Glendale
have skipped the land of the mai
who refused right of way, and hav
gone beyond him and graded the wa.
to Glendale. They can grade aroun'
him if they choose, or have his LAM
condemned for a right OF way. On
or the other line of operations will b
settled upon at once.
Six weeks ago Mr.. S. E. Bisbe
bought house andlot on Ninth street
between Main and Fort streets, TO
which he paid $500. No sooner ha,
Bisbee set up his household goods ant
started in to live the life of a Christian
than along comes man who offeri
him $1,000 for his place. The tempta
tion is great and Bisbee accepts. 1t i
said Richard Garvey, who owns sew
eral lots adjoining the Bisbee place, il
the purchaser, and that he will put VI
a large brick block.